Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- ROUBINI: The Trump rally is about to smack into a wall of worry – Yahoo
- Catalyst Capital Says Don’t Blame Us for Stock Market Swings – Bloomberg
- Why Bond Market Isn’t Convinced About Surging Growth – WSJ
- Low real interest rates: depression economics, not secular trends – Bank Underground
- What Happens When Two Bankers and an Engineer Get a Billion Dollars? – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Ryan struggles to sell tax reform plan to fellow Republicans – Politico
- Trump unleashes fury after four long weeks – Politico
- Donald Trump Defends Himself, Lashes Out at Opponents, Media – WSJ
- Poll: Trump’s approval rating at 39 percent – The Hill
- In US, Record-High 72% See Foreign Trade as Opportunity – Gallup
- Why is President Trump attacking foreign investment in the United States? – Washington Post
- Trump signs bill undoing Obama coal mining rule – The Hill
- GOP Frets Over Slow Pace of Congress Early in Trump Term – Bloomberg
- Why Liberals Are Wrong About Trump – Medium
- Los Angeles Looks to Ban Major Real-Estate Developments – WSJ
- U.S. Households Ramp Up Borrowing to Approach Pre-Crisis Levels – Bloomberg
- How America counts its homeless – and why so many are overlooked – The Guardian
- Legacy of Rio Olympics So Far Is Series of Unkept Promises – NY Times
Europe:
- Trump and Putin are discussing military cooperation in Syria. Mattis says Russia must ‘prove itself first.’ – Washington Post
- Biggest annual rise in deaths for almost fifty years prompts warnings of crisis in elderly care – The Telegraph
- The numbers show EU workers are deserting us already – The Independent
- Le Pen is on course to be France’s next president, fund manager says from AI analysis – CNBC
- *Exception Taken: How France Defied Hollywood’s New World Order* – Marginal Revolution
- NATO European allies to jointly buy planes, set up new elite HQ – Reuters
- Italy Approves $21 Billion Fund to Shore Up Its Troubled Banks – Bloomberg
- This Analyst Says Brexit Britain Will Win by 2027 – Bloomberg
- Le Pen Stirs Dormant Re-Denomination Risk for Europe’s Investors – Bloomberg
- Swift deal on Greece needed to avert fresh uncertainty: EU’s Dombrovskis – Reuters
- Carney’s First BOE Hire Steps Into Prime Spot to Replace Him – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Betsy DeVos’s Brother Is Setting Up A Private Army For China, Sources Say – BuzzFeed
- China scientist convicted in U.S. of theft of engineered rice – Reuters
- Chinese government creates gate-guarded private village for hedge-funds near Hangzhou – Boing Bong
- China penalises 6.7m debtors with travel ban – FT
- Hong Kong pips Singapore to be ranked world’s freest economy for 23rd consecutive year – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- Housing affordability ideas range from dangerous to disastrous – ABC
- Rogue MP George Christensen threatens to quit Turnbull government – News.com.au
- The government’s attacks on the vulnerable and needy are cruel – The SMH
- Housing affordability issues could be helped by allowing renters to buy without a deposit, Federal MP says – ABC
- Calm down, housing affordability not that bad says RBA – The SMH
- Electricity pricing is confusing and that’s why they’re using it to mislead us | Greg Jericho – The Guardian
- Midnight Oil reuniting for huge Australian shows and world tour – ABC
- Telstra shares dive after surprise profit fall – ABC
- AMA public hospital report shows ‘woeful’ and underfunded system – ABC
- ‘In the fight club of Australian politics, the public suffer the knockout blow’: Katharine Murphy – The Guardian
- Tony Abbott Intervenes in Tax Debate – The SMH
- Senate votes to axe MP gold pass – Sky News
- Grattan on Friday: The ‘omnibus’ puts government in a tangle and Xenophon in a jam – The Conversation
- Julie Bishop Has Not Changed Australia’s Position On The South China Sea – New Matilda
- Why NBN Co Is Wrong About Gigabit Broadband – Life Hacker
- ‘We work for less than $50 an hour’: Senator Ian MacDonald rants about voters who complain a lot but don’t work as hard as politicians – Daily Mail
- WA Liberal deal with One Nation gets former PM John Howard’s blessing – Perth Now
- Australia to boycott global summit on treaty to ban nuclear weapons – The Guardian
- ‘Consumers lose’ as Federal Court rules against Uber in GST decision – ABC
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Lifestyle block sales lowest in two years, prices flat: REINZ – Interest.co.nz